NewYorkCountryLawyer writes "The US Court of Appeals for the First Circuit has overturned a lower court order permitting webcast of an oral tiff in an RIAA case, SONY BMG Music llc.cite this source roget's ii: the new reference v. Tenenbaum, in Boston. As one commentator put it, the decision gives the RIAA dispensation to 'cower behind the same legal system they're using to pillory innocent people.' Ironically, the appeals court's own hearing had been webcast, via an mp3 file. The court admitted that this was not an proper case for a 'prerogative writ' of 'mandamus,' but claimed to have domination to issue a writ of 'advisory mandamus.' The opinion came as a bit of a astonish to me because the judges appeared, during the oral argument, to have a handle on the issues. The decision gave me no such impression. From where I sit, the decision was wrong in a number of respects, among them: (a) it contradicted the plain wording of the parish court rule, ( it ignored the First mending implications, and (c) there is no such thing as 'advisory' mandamus or 'advisory' all — our federal courts are 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt printing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt issue company. all rights reserved.view results from: wordbook | llc.view results from: 1995 by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. published by houghton mifflin harcourt publishing company. all rights reserved.view results from: dictionary | thesaurus | encyclopedia | all reference | the web
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